Galactic Tech Empire

Chapter 455 Second Generation Spaceship
Mi Li's family is gritting their teeth to support scientific research, and secretly carry out the Cherubim project.

The Western Continent Alliance on the other side is not idle either. After all, the Lucia Federation has joined the Human Revolutionary Alliance, which means that the alliance's power has spread to the hinterland of Western Continent.

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"Mr. Chairman, it's a great honor to meet you." Andre Disteffer, Foreign Minister of the Western Continent Alliance, shook hands with Fang Dongliang.

"Please sit down, Mr. Di Steffe." Fang Dongliang said with a smile.

Andridis Steffe sat down on the sofa and asked tentatively: "Mr. Chairman, I wonder if the alliance policy is consistent with Lucia?"

"We are a unified alliance. The council of the alliance is higher than the member countries. The member countries cannot violate the alliance charter." Fang Dongliang's attitude towards this kind of issue is firm.

"Our West Alliance hopes to coexist peacefully with the Alliance. After all, confrontation is not good for both parties, isn't it?" Andre Di Steffe finished speaking and glanced at Fang Dongliang.

"Peace is the purpose of our alliance, and we don't want Blue Star to be destroyed by war." Fang Dongliang knew that now is not the time for Blue Star to fight.

Hearing this news, Andridist heaved a sigh of relief. The Western Continent Alliance is now powerless to fight against the Alliance. Whether it is economy, quality projectors, or energy, the Western Continent Alliance relies on the Alliance.

The Western Continent Alliance is inherently difficult, and once it confronts all-out, it will inevitably make the Western Continent Alliance worse. They are no longer a developed country that can spend money like in the AD era, but an unsustainable intra-stellar country.

Soon the two sides conducted comprehensive consultations on issues such as border defense, natural gas transportation, and entry and exit issues of port and railway transportation.

Negotiations went on for a week, and the Western Continent Alliance and the Human Innovation Alliance reached an agreement, and Andre Di Steffe and Fang Dongliang signed the "Shanghai-Shanghai Friendship Agreement" on behalf of the two parties.

With the agreement reached between the Western Continent Alliance and the Human Innovation Alliance, Mi Li's family's strategy shrunk, and the Blue Star was calm for a while. Of course, there were many secret confrontations.

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Western Australia.

Galaxy Spaceship Group - Xuanwu-class spacecraft manufacturing factory.Wang Tu and a group of people are visiting the construction project of the Xuanwu-class Type 2 spacecraft.

The specifications of the Xuanwu-class 2 spacecraft are a regular hexagonal cylinder with a side length of 6 meters and a height of 18 meters. The total volume is 1683.5 cubic meters, the dry weight is 124 tons, and the payload is about 420 tons.

The new generation of Jinwu nuclear fusion battery and ion engine is adopted. Although the thrust of the new generation of ion engine is about 30% smaller than that of the hydrogen-oxygen engine, it has a very good feature, that is, the diversification of propellants.

"Wang Bu, this ion engine is the latest product of the Ion Engine Research Institute. Under the surging electric energy of the nuclear fusion battery, it can provide 750 tons of thrust at full power." Hu Tingyu, the chief engineer of the Xuanwu-class spacecraft, introduced.

"Isn't that weaker than the latest hydrogen-oxygen engine? I heard that the latest hydrogen-oxygen engine can reach a thrust of 1200 tons." Lin Zhengfeng, director of the Logistics Department of the Ministry of Aeronautics and Astronautics, asked in surprise.

Hu Tingyu nodded and replied: "Yes, it is indeed difficult for an ion engine to compete with a hydrogen-oxygen engine in terms of thrust, but in terms of specific impulse, an ion engine can run continuously as long as it has a working fluid, and the latest level of ion engine can be used More than a dozen elements such as hydrogen, helium, oxygen, nitrogen, silicon, carbon, sulfur, sodium, and calcium are used as working fluids, and if the situation is urgent, even unfinished space rocks, soil, and gases can be directly used as working fluids.”

"Then how do you plan to solve the problem of working fluid supply in deep space?" Wang Tu asked.

"Wangbu, we don't plan to use ion engines for our flight between planets. The Institute of Ion Engines is currently developing a photon engine, which directly uses photon engines as the power between planets. Ion engines are more suitable for planets with rich materials. It can be applied in the circle." Hu Tingyu explained.

"Photon engine?" Wang Tu obviously knew about the photon engine, so he nodded.

Ion engines that can use a variety of working fluids are indeed more suitable for use in the planetary circle. Many substances in the planetary circle are directly used as working fluids, such as water, calcium carbonate, silicon dioxide and other rich compounds.

"When will the spacecraft be put into use?" Wang Tu asked.

"We are conducting the last test, and it is expected to be put into use on September 9. There are five Xuanwu-class Type 24 spacecraft in the first batch." Hu Tingyu looked at his watch and replied.

"Very good." Wang Tu nodded in satisfaction.

Suddenly Assistant Wang Tu approached him and whispered a few words in Wang Tu's ear, after which Wang Tu sneered.

"Wangbu! What's the matter?" Lin Zhengfeng asked.

"It's nothing, it's just a bunch of clowns. Representatives of Tushiqi are talking nonsense at the United Nations, saying that we want us to open the space field and share the resources of the moon." Wang Tu sneered.

Hu Tingyu laughed loudly: "Haha, the earth dogs who are overconfident, who do they think they are? Sharing the moon?"

"I'm afraid someone behind the earth dog is fueling the flames, otherwise they wouldn't have the guts." Lin Zhengfeng touched his chin and said.

"Okay, someone will take care of the earth dog. Tingyu, you guys try to make persistent efforts. I'll go to the ion engine research institute to have a look."

"Then I won't send it."

Wang Tu led the people to the ion engine research institute 134 kilometers away.

The Ion Engine Research Institute has figured out the photon engine of the Anluo Stars at this time, but knowing it clearly does not mean that it can be imitated.

The radiation of beta rays alone is a big trouble, and the protective layer of the An Luo star's spaceship can filter up to about 60% of the beta rays radiation, and the remaining 40% of the beta rays radiation depends on the physical resistance.

But the human body is not as good as that of the An Luo star, and the astronauts can only die if they directly resist.What's the use of flying at the speed of light even if people are dead? Is it possible to transport a corpse to space travel?
In the research institute, all the researchers are at a loss. The beta ray laser must be focused on the light reflector inside the engine. Through a focus, the beta ray light pressure will act on the reflector. During this process, there will be some beta ray radiation. Infiltrate into the spaceship.

They must find a way to isolate these deadly beta ray radiation, otherwise it will not only be a fatal threat to the astronauts on the spacecraft, but also not optimistic about the instruments on the spacecraft.

"By the way, we can use magnetic field deflection technology." Li Qijun suddenly reacted.

Ji Mishima's eyes suddenly brightened: "Magnetic deflection? Magnetic field deflection! Yes, magnetic field deflection may be able to isolate beta rays."

"Beta rays are a stream of charged particles, which can be deflected by a magnetic field. Let's model and design it immediately, and simulate it on a supercomputer." Zhou Botong was also happy.

Soon they added a magnetic field generator to the photon engine that had been modeled. In the supercomputer simulation, they found that they could effectively isolate some beta rays.

Zhou Botong was very excited when he saw the results of the supercomputing simulation: "Combined with the Anluo star's insulating layer material, plus our unique hybrid gel coating and magnetic field deflection technology, we can isolate 100% of beta rays."

"Zhou Sang, let's not be too happy. The materials for the insulating layer of the An Luo people seem to have not been copied by the Materials Research Institute." Ji Mishima reminded.

"Haha, take it step by step, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." Zhou Botong said optimistically.

(End of this chapter)